6.17. In addition to providing normal maintenance and repair facilities for all Government mechanical engineering equipment located on the mainland, the workshop staff undertook major modifications to the steam, air, hot water and oil fuel facilities in the old Kowloon Hospital, including the removal of a 5,000 lb/hour steam boiler from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Sisters' and Nurses' Quarters into Kowloon Hospital.
6.18. A small night shift which was formed in 1964 to service and maintain ambulances was expanded to handle all Urban Services Department refuse-collecting vehicles and as a result, approximately 80% of these vehicles operating in Kowloon now have their routine servicing completed during the night and are available for duty the following day.
6.19. Under the control of the Sung Wong Toi Road workshops is the Fan Gardens Depot at Fanling. This depot continued to handle all motor vehicles, generating plant and water pumps in the New Territories north of the line drawn between Tai Po and Castle Peak.
6.20. The vehicle servicing depot on Lantau Island continued to service and carry out minor repairs on the forty-odd vehicles operating on Lantau with the limited facilities at their disposal.
New Projects
6.21. The Mechanical division is responsible for designing, preparing specifications and working drawings, and the supervision, either by contract or direct labour, of mechanical installations in civil engineering and building projects. Tenders were received for a 2 to 3 million gallons per day distillation plant to be operated in conjunction with the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator. A report on these tenders was prepared but no final decision on the proposal had been reached by the end of the year. Some of the major projects undertaken by this section include:
(i) New Urban Services Department Depots
Full vehicle services were installed in new Urban Services Department garages in both Hong Kong and Kowloon. These services included petrol and diesel tanks with dispensing pumps; oil, air and water supplies; vehicle washing equipment and other general engineering requirements. Other work done for the Urban Services Department depots included the
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6.17. In addition to providing normal maintenance and repair facilities for all Government mechanical engineering equipment located on the mainland, the workshop staff undertook major modifications to the steam, air, hot water and oil fuel facilities in the old Kowloon Hospital, including the removal of a 5,000 lb/hour steam boiler from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Sisters' and Nurses' Quarters into Kowloon Hospital.
6.18. A small night shift which was formed in 1964 to service and maintain ambulances was expanded to handle all Urban Services Department refuse-collecting vehicles and as a result, approximately 80% of these vehicles operating in Kowloon now have their routine servicing completed during the night and are available for duty the following day.
6.19. Under the control of the Sung Wong Toi Road workshops is the Fan Gardens Depot at Fanling. This depot continued to handle all motor vehicles, generating plant and water pumps in the New Terri- tories north of the line drawn between Tai Po and Castle Peak.
6.20. The vehicle servicing depot on Lantau Island continued to service and carry out minor repairs on the forty-odd vehicles operating on Lantau with the limited facilities at their disposal.
New Projects
6.21. The Mechanical division is responsible for designing, prepar- ing specifications and working drawings, and the supervision, either by contract or direct labour, of mechanical installations in civil engineering and building projects. Tenders were received for a 2 to 3 million gallons per day distillation plant to be operated in conjunction with the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator. A report on these tenders was prepared but no final decision on the proposal had been reached by the end of the year. Some of the major projects undertaken by this section include:
(i) New Urban Services Department Depots
Full vehicle services were installed in new Urban Services Department garages in both Hong Kong and Kowloon. These services included petrol and diesel tanks with dispensing pumps; oil, air and water supplies; vehicle washing equipment and other general engineering requirements. Other work done for the Urban Services Department depots included the
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